When the Spring Plant Show arrives, Butternut wishes to go out of the supermarket to watch it. But he is afraid of the supermarket’s large sliding doors. How can Butternut manage his fears?
Join Butternut in this warm, comforting story about friendship, overcoming fear, and helping others.
BUTTERNUT & THE FLYING BUTTER is the third book in the BUTTERNUT series, but it also is a stand-alone book.
Available in the U.S. (and many additional countries) from all major booksellers or please request from your local independent bookstore.
Marshall Cavendish Children (2024)
BUTTERNUT & THE FLYING BUTTER is available in the U.S. (and many countries).
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When a café opens on-site, many supermarket foods are mistrustful of the new café foods. Then a mysterious ball bumps into Butternut. Will Butternut be able to help the old and new neighbors come together?
Join Butternut in this fun, dazzling story about open-mindedness, making new friends and
adapting to change.
BUTTERNUT & BOBO is the fourth book in the BUTTERNUT series, but it also is a stand-alone book.
Available for PRE-ORDER in the U.S. from all major booksellers or please request from your local independent bookstore:
U.S. Release Date April 22, 2025
Available for sale in many countries.
Marshall Cavendish Children (2024/2025)
BUTTERNUT & BOBO is available for PRE-ORDER in the U.S. (and many countries). And available for order in some countries.
Available from all major booksellers. Request the book from your local independent bookstore.
Butternut and Buttercup are like two peas in a pod. It’s Buttercup’s birthday and Butternut doesn’t want to spoil their sweet friendship with a sour gift. He visits old and new friends for advice and goes on an exciting exploration of food and friendship, where he discovers so much more than the perfect present.
A vibrant, humorous and moving story about friendship that is filled with wordplay and imaginative characters to spark creativity in readers of all ages
BUTTERNUT & BUTTERCUP is the second book in the BUTTERNUT series, but it also is a stand-alone book.
Available for order from all major booksellers. Please request the book from your local independent bookstore.
Marshall Cavendish Children (2022/2023)
BUTTERNUT & BUTTERCUP is available via all major booksellers.
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Fresh from the farm, Butternut awakes to find himself lost in a supermarket. Is he butter? Is he a nut? Is he squash or squashed? Just who is he and where does he belong?
Join Butternut on his journey through the supermarket aisles as he makes new friends and discovers more about himself.
BUTTERNUT is the first book in the BUTTERNUT series, but it also is a stand-alone book.
Available for order from all major booksellers. Please request the book from your local independent bookstore.
Marshall Cavendish Children (2021/2022)
BUTTERNUT is available via all major booksellers.
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An introduction to fruits and vegetables on a farm with Jill Dana
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More about the wonderful illustrator Rachel Tan-Hwee:
"Rachel Tan-Hwee (@rattanhwee) loves telling stories with her art and has been in love with drawing and painting since she was little. Rachel lives in bright and sunny Singapore where tall buildings grow. Her love for plants and animals inspires her to create pictures so everyone can see the world through her eyes."
(bio via the cover of BUTTERNUT)
More about the awesome illustrator Anusha Santosh:
"Anusha Santosh was born and raised in Bangalore,
India. She developed a keen interest in illustration and
thereby visual storytelling after pursuing her Bachelor
in Architecture. Anusha finds passion in breathing life
into stories through the medium of art. While she works
on a variety of projects, her niche lies in the field of
children's books. Anusha has illustrated eight titles to
date."
"Lydia Leong: Lydia spent more than a decade filling the bookshelves at Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) with books on a miscellany of hunger-inducing culinary topics, in recognition that food is a language that crosses all cultures. She also enjoys being lost in the world of make-believe and is constantly on the lookout for stories to help children lose their way too." (bio via https://afcc.com.sg/2019/speakers.html)
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• A fun and humorous story for exploring the themes of self-identity, self-discovery and self-worth
• Promotes discussion about home and what it means to different individuals
• Introduces readers to word play and puns
• Encourages readers to be curious about different types of foods and where they come from
• Includes discussion questions to help children think more deeply about the themes covered in the story, with facts about where food comes from and how it is produced
A poetic look at friendship through ups and downs: sharing and imagining books, feeling well and unwell, and visiting each other. Through poetic text and mixed-media clay illustrations, this book examines the narrator's experience through a unique lens. A companion piece to Her Pink Hair.
The story of a young girl's perspective of her best friend's battle with cancer. Through a poetic text and mixed-media clay illustrations, experience the story through a unique lens.
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